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Has any-one read "From Mogadishu to Dixon?

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Has any-one read "From Mogadishu to Dixon?

Postby Niya » Mon Dec 10, 2007 12:39 pm

I was browsing this book and the first chapter about Somali 'Bantus' edited by the Eno brothers was a sort of a surprise. It talks about Wana Kucha - a warior like woman who the authors liken to Harriet Tubman and her role in the underground railway to free slaves. The authors talk about Nasib Bunde another freedom fighter and the State of Gosha.

I never heard of Wana Kucha and thought Nasib Bundo was the name of a bridge.

Are u familary with Bantu history? Have you heard of Wana Kucha and Nasib Bunde the warrior? I hope the Eno brothers are not b.sing.

This is a facsinating and sad book about the Somali dispora across several continents.

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Re: Has any-one read "From Mogadishu to Dixon?

Postby *jr » Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:38 pm

No. But i checked Amazon and its selling for $34.95.

Here is editorial review from Amazon: (No customer reviews yet)

"For nearly two decades, and particularly since the civil war, Somali men, women, and sometimes even children without families fled the country in droves. Some sought refuge amongst established Somali communities in the Horn of Africa, the former colonial states of England, France, and Italy, and the Middle East. Others journeyed to new destinations. Today, Somali communities are found in nearly every corner of the world from small rural towns like Barron, Wisconsin and Lewiston, Maine in the United States, to cities like Johannesburg, Sydney, Helsinki, Minneapolis, and Toronto. Diasporic Somalis are just as likely to speak Afrikaans or Finnish as they are to speak Somali. This book represents the first attempt to map the social and cultural contours of the Somali diaspora in a global context. Using case studies from Somali communities in Africa, Europe, and North America, the contributors to this volume construct a global framework for studying the Somali diaspora. This framework simultaneously compares dispersed Somalis in different cultural, economic, political, and racial contexts, and captures the fluid, transnational context of the Somali diaspora. The central questions that guide this book are: How do these contexts inform the production and maintenance of Somali diaspora formation? Consequently, how do the making and remaking of diasporic identities affect local Somali communities, the global diaspora community, host societies as well as the homeland communities they left behind? "

http://www.amazon.com/Mogadishu-Dixon-A ... 656&sr=1-1

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Re: Has any-one read "From Mogadishu to Dixon?

Postby Niya » Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:30 pm

Jr. I was able to get it for 40% off. Cashier made a mistake and let it slide.
It is interesting how commuities are being influenced across countries.

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Re: Has any-one read "From Mogadishu to Dixon?

Postby snowflakes821 » Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:51 pm

Tell me more about the book. Why was it sad? Why does it say Mogadishu to Dixon if they talk about the Somali diaspora worldwide rather than just Toronto?

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Re: Has any-one read "From Mogadishu to Dixon?

Postby Niya » Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:58 pm

Snowflakes, the editors of the books said they choose the title because Dixon represented one of the first place a large number of Somalis resetteled.

The sad part is the harrasement, hardship and what people go through when they come to a 3rd world country like Egypt, Yemen etc. What measure people take to reach the West by any means neccessary. Survival can be b*tch!


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